Physical and functional analysis of the prokaryotic enhancer of the σ54-promoters of the TOL Plasmid of Pseudomonas putida

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 562-574

  Pérez Martín, José ^a,b   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancers; Oligomerization; Pseudomonas; Sigma 54; XylR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029865771     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0269     Document Type: Article

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